Student Guide
Aalto Doctoral Programme in Business, Economics and Finance
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Contact information
Contact us
Contact us primarily via email: [email protected].
Director of the Doctoral Programme in Business, Economics and Finance
![Professor Johanna Moisander](https://acris.aalto.fi/ws/portalfiles/portal/3070659/941632_x_512.jpg)
Doctoral education services
Hanna Lagerkrans
Doctoral Programme Committee
Doctoral programme committee (School of Business)
The Doctoral programme committee of the School decides about developing the content of the doctoral programme, prepares the curriculum and admission criteria and makes various decisions related to the evaluation process of the doctoral theses of individual students, among other things.
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Majors and professors
Majors and supervising professors (School of Business)
Major is an area of academic research in which the school has agreed to provide doctoral education. The Aalto Doctoral Programme in Business, Economics and Finance offers doctoral education in 12 majors. Each doctoral student is appointed a supervising professor who represents the major approved for the student.
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Departments
There are six departments at the School of Business. Read about the research focus of each department on their pages.
Department of Accounting & Business Law
The Department of Accounting is one of the leading research faculties in the Nordic region.
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Department of Economics
The Department of Economics provides a comprehensive insight into the functioning of economies and the environment in which companies operate.
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Department of Finance
The Department of Finance at Aalto University School of Business is one of the leading finance departments in Europe.
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Department of Information and Service Management
The Department of Information and Service Management refers to the creative use of information and digital technology in business and the move from industrial to service dominant forms of production.
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Department of Management Studies
The Department of Management Studies offers a dynamic environment for scholarship and learning.
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Department of Marketing
The Department of Marketing is a thriving and dynamic community of faculty, researchers, staff, and students. The department has earned international acclaim for its ambitious and rigorous research output. We are at the bleeding edge of marketing.
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Ombudspersons and support for challenges
Ombudspersons are voluntary professors with solid experience in academic practices whom doctoral students can contact confidentially in challenges related to the thesis work. In case of challenging situations, we also have a support system of e.g. study psychologists and workplace mediators.
Ombudspersons for doctoral students
Confidential contact persons for doctoral students wishing to discuss with a professor with experience in academic practices
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Support for challenges during your doctoral studies
Support network and help for harassment or other type of challenging situations
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Career design
Career Design Lab offers career planning tools and resources for all Aalto students.
Career Design for Students
Career design is an experimental approach for creating a meaningful career path in the constantly changing world of work.
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